#Football News: Arsenal Star, Mesut Ozil Embarks on Pilgrimage to Muslim Holy City of Mecca (Photos)

 
27-year-old, Arsenal midfielder, Mesut Ozil has taken some time off ahead of the European Championship this summer to take a trip to Mecca to perform a Muslim rite.
 
The German international will be one of his country's key players at this summer's event in France, but the former Real Madrid man made time for a brief tour of the Middle East where he also visited Dubai and was involved in a charity soccer match in Jordan to benefit Syrian refugees.
 
Ozil and a fan at Mecca
 
Photographed in front of the sacred black stone, Ozil posted the image below on his Instagram account before adding the caption: '#Mecca #HolyCity #SaudiArabia #Islam #Pray'. 

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